Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin. Students will have the opportunity to participate in online consultation sessions.

Content

In SIT281 students will learn the fundamental mechanisms of classic and modern cryptographic systems, which span from Caesar cipher of Roman times to Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher invented in the early 21st century. Students will encrypt and decrypt messages by using modern symmetric encryption schemes including DES and AES, stream ciphers used in mobile phone networks and pay TVs, as well as the most well known public key cipher RSA. The unit will also provide students the opportunity to explore the cryptographic applications.

Assessment

Two problem solving tasks (20% each) 40%, examination 60%. To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve a mark of at least 40% in the examination.